Thomas Dewey at the 1944 Republican National Convention
15 reels 16mm (app. 6,000 ft.)
Ellwood Hoffmann (1885-1996) dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery mill for 25 cents per week. Eventually he started Lucille Hosiery, a silk stocking factory in Philadelphia. He retired at age 50 and pursued his hobbies – tennis, gardening and filmmaking. He visited all 50 states and Mexico and Canada filming with a camera mounted to the dashboard of his car. Many groups, including the horticultural society, invited him to share his films which he narrated with humorous stories. Unfortunately, he was killed in a car accident when he was 80 years old, but his films live on.
The majority of the collection has been transferred to video and is available for viewing on Archive.org
- Lucille Hosiery Mill
- 1928 Mill, Bob, Fred Hollworth
- 1929 Trip, California, Oakland, Big Trees, Lake
Tahoe - 1929 Wisconsin Dells, Weeks
- 1929 Trip, Oregon Mill
- 1930 Bermuda White Star Game No 2
- 1931 KK Fishing, Our Garden, New Years
Parade - 1933 Princeton Ave
- 1935 Babe Ruth, Biddle, Bill Wintz, Ewd,
Price Boat, Sucy, Football - 1943, Air Warden
- 1943 Air Raid, USO, Red Feather
- 1943 War Bonds Rally, Air Warden
- 1944 Republican National Conventi
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